The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-11
THE NEST IN HE GROVE.
Love took up the harp Of life
Aud sAote on all the chords with might

zen q lsJ1-
do not know why I should call it 4
nest, Tor it Is only little hit of Il cottage
with red Tooi and narrow Windows, a
modern Queen Anne. and a very modern
and wholly anomalous edition al that
But there arc two young br,s who have
gone 10 live there, and such b.il ng and
cooling - they have kept up. since they
came, reminds me Of pair OF thrushes
that always nest IN my orchard - ! cali
them the honey birds and the cottage
''thc Nest
The grove Is not exactly a grove. but a
lawn with great many clms, and naples
and birchaS scattered over it. In sum
MGR time il looks like q perfect wood. and
the red TOgt and ths little stained glass
windows are almost hidden under Z can
opy oi green.
MY "lovely birds" are married oi
cOurse,--marTied 50 short time ago that
they have not yet forgotten th- fact, as
most married folks do. Jack that is.
he's a teller in a bank, and Bessie
that is, she c'-nevrr WAS anything in
particular. rXccp: i spoiled darling: and
now that she Is married she is worse
spoiled than ever.
ought not To be watching them, ]
suppose, but | can't help IL. When |
SIT at my window, in the evening. | can
not help looking right down into the
grove AMI, Ot cOuIsn, l can't help seeing
the happy young people, rs they wall. up
and down on the grass under the trees.
and, inGsmuCh a. | have no natural
CloserS to my ears il is impossible that.
now and then. | should not hear what
the honey birds say. Watching without
meaning To, and listening without being
able 10 help IT. l have come to certain
conclusions about young married love
And they are such as follow;
The bliss OF the honeymoon Is some
thing altogether different from the bliss
OF the lover, which prece.las it. and from
the bliss Of settled married lie, whirh
follows H. IL ls - PERIOD OF revelation
Before II beI!nS-CulesS the engagement
has been = phcuomenally long one
neither oI thc Young people knows the
other, except in the most superficial
sense. Ii could Not be otherwise Bat
now each has taken the golden Key Of
marriage. and unlocked n others heart.
and Il pa."gl-g n. E~try;h.s1. ,r,.r..ai4g
depends upon what Is seen Just in this
little time, when the moral panorama Is
unfolding. Is Il ANY wonder thar the
bliss e.. the uoaNvno3G slg-t3 nr rpuss.-
thing pari!ously iasriuating2 Ev.rvbofv
knows the pleasure Of discovery F. ana
here II yovage into the most beautiful
and marvellous region known ~ man
the region Of the soul.
From observing the honey birds I
know that they have met with some
strange surpr.-r-. IN their mutual yova.".
Jack has 81 3. ~Dl 49, = great lna!lv times.
with great .lauy infections. auI some
times hs las been strangely silent. All
the time he was learning u-.r things
about Bessie. And Bessie oa lar part.
has looked up with such surprise, and
has loolei down W;-A 20 much u sefea-
ton She has laughed - strangely. auI
sometimes so wonderfully happily. IN /
then again - shall l say II : - she has
cried
Thoy are learning each other. col
grant they may learn nothing au,iSs
They are feeling the wonderful charm of
wonderful voyage into d wonderful
region. toi grant neither of the little
sIlken-sallei barques may overs.t
Again, | have concluded that Young
married people must quarrel sO.:c or be
forever miserable. Jack and Bessie quar-
rel-ind-ed, they do. Jack 10 'snt like
Bessie : way OF dressing her hs:r. Bessie
wants Jack 10 cnt Of his whiskers.
Neither viii Weld the point There ar
thousand other little things that set
them at swords points. Bu. I have al
ways noticed that after a quarrrl they
are as happy as two birds after a shower.
can always tell the smack OF Jacks kiss
when they are making up" Ii isarsp-
turous sound Th=rs is some motive AMI
purpose TO It 'Iis not a kiss for kissing's
sake. And If It must be rrp.ltcI as IS
often the case, 10 kiss 4 tear from Bessic's
cheek II Il enough TO thrill the nerves Of
the most mTmmiIied old heather that
ever trOwuei on youthful lovers. Tell
me there IS not grace II lOFer's qlarrels,
tell you there IS grace AMI necessity,
TOO.
l have been impressed with the fact
that young married people are not sillv
as lovers are. The common impression
OF honeymoon Is that il "a pario.l Of
unlimited saccharin.. iool!sflrl..i,. w;.f,,b
must disgust an impartial observer.
raise, false - utterly fake, There is
something 80 sacred about this season OF
mutual revelation that the ~du.Sv" and
''pootsey- s-y' characteristics given
itsby old bachelor writer's. who love -
make Jun OF what they have foOl.Shfv
thrown away, sre wholly irrelevant and
are seldom met with in real lie 1t Is
holy confidence, il is sweet communion.
between man and vile. 1t * dearest
instead OF "ducky, my love- instead OF
pootSey- OOtsey, 1t least, 20 II IS with
Jack and Bessie. | do not hcar Jack
paying silly compliments; | do not hear
Bessie acknowledging them with s-use!ess
giggling- These are the things OF the
uty5 long ago True romance takes tLe
lOolIshneSs out of the most foolish heart.
one peep into another's soul, and YOU do
not have to play with the eyes for secret
meanings.
| do not know as ought 10 have said
what / have about the proprietors OF the
, est IN the Grove. ! almost hop. that
the reader, seeing the nOu-cOmmunicatiye
title OF this paper, viii pass it over not
knowing the breach of confidence II dis
Closes And | particularly besecch tho
editor not to send marked copy 10 Jack
and Bessie, they might, being verv much
engaged with other things, skip an article
thdt PurporteI to tell only abou; birds
PuR Pos!a0r